Two Syracuse area teachers named to new state education council

Two local teachers will serve on a new “Commissioner’s Teacher Advisory Council,” that will give the state feedback on education issues, including the reform efforts put forth by the New York State Board of Regents.

State Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. announced Wednesday that he created the council. The local members are James Nieves, a Spanish teacher at Fowler High School in Syracuse and Jeff Peneston a science teacher at Liverpool High School, according to the state education department.